Mini-Guide for newbies and forum owners
Dec 29, 2015 22:29:20 GMT -8
Lady Squid, RealKorra, and 2 more like this
Post by RealKorra on Dec 29, 2015 22:29:20 GMT -8
in my twelve years of using Proboards since 2008, i thought i might impart some knowledge for everyone. it should help at least. including some information i have paid attention to. i just hope this guide will help everyone in long run.
LIKES:
go to Admin > Themes > Advanced Styles & CSS
this will take you to Visual Editor, where you can see the changes before you apply it to the live forum.
in order to resize your likes so others can see it. simply by going to:
Pages > Posts > Likes Text
change your font size to Small, ta-dah. you got better readable likes. now click "save changes"
by the way, if it's not readable, you can change to medium or large. either way, that will help.
________
How to Add pagination links to the bottom of threads:
okay here's fun way for you to have that option
This is how I added a secondary pagination bar on my forum/theme.
First, take this code and then go to edit the templates where you want to add the secondary pagination. (Themes -> Layout Templates)
<div class="secondary_pagination">$[pagination]</div>
You can place this code anywhere in the following templates - Thread, Board, Members, Conversations Page and Show Conversation. The following are the places where I put it on my forum.
Thread - Above $[quick_reply]
Board - Above {if $[board.id]}{if $[show_stats]}
Members - At the end of the template.
Conversations Page - At the end of the template.
Show Conversation - Above $[quick_reply]
Now add this to the end of your CSS Style Sheet (Themes -> Colors & Styles -> Style Sheet) and then edit and style as needed.
.secondary_pagination { padding: 0 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
I removed the legend on my board. Try putting it above this code.
{if $[thread_count] > 0}
{if $[legend]}
And feel free to change the name secondary_pagination to whatever you want, that's just the incredibly boring name I gave it on my forum.
______
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
okay, this is very easy for you to have a forum that doesn't have announcements in each forum like most forum do because they don't even know how to do it. so i think this will help you get the idea how that works. an announcement can be visible in a forum, but rest of other forum boards don't have it. which is better option wouldn't you agree? and with that said, let's begin.
Admin > Structure > Categories & Boards
when you hover over the sub-boards here, you will see gears icon, click on them. then go to settings you will find "show Announcements" click "No" and then click "save changes" bam. you have announcements that doesn't show up in the board you picked. you can even just turn them back on by revisiting it again. simple and easy.
________
MEMBERS AND MODERATORS, POST COUNTS:
okay, here's how you can edit your group ranks for specific groups.. like moderators and more.
Admin Home> Members> Member Groups> edit it as you see fit.
added more to this
Admin Home> Members> Member Ranks> to edit the member names and ranks such as post counts.
_______
LATEST POST:
okay, here's how you show latest post basically, an recent post.
Go Admin - Structure - Layout Templates - Board - Board List
Look For <td class="latest last">
And Under $[board.last_thread.recent_link]
Add this {if !$[current_user.is_member]}<br>Latest Post<br>{/if}
____________
AVATAR SIZE:
i figured it out, i made this work.
"Changing Avatar Size and Mini-Profile Width"
The following instructions will allow you to change the size of avatars in mini-profiles and the width of the mini-profiles themselves.
Changing the Size of Mini-Profiles
To change the size of mini-profiles, head over to Admin > Themes > Advanced Styles & CSS > Style Sheet Tab and paste this code at the very bottom:
.mini-profile { width: 150px; }
Set the width at the end to your new desired size, and keep track of the amount you increased it. For example, if it's now 250px, you've increased it by 100px.
Next, add another new line and paste this code on it:
.posts .post .left-panel,
.messages .item .left-panel { width: 172px; }
Increase the width by the same amount. In our example, the 172px above becomes 272px.
When you're happy with the result, click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
Changing the Size of Avatars
If you change the size of your mini-profiles, you might also want to change how your avatars look.
Things to know:
The default avatar size is 150 x 150px.
Uploaded avatars are resized to 150px on your Profile page. You can link larger avatars hosted elsewhere.
To change the size of avatars in mini-profiles, find this code on (or around) line 1185:
.mini-profile .avatar { max-width: 100%; ... }
Set max-width to your new image size, or leave it at 100% to size the image automatically.
Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page. You're done!
_______
just one advice for you, in visual editor, you can actually click on links and pages here because it's live preview of a forum before you apply your changes to the live version.
_________
UPDATED: February 21st 2016.
HOW TO MAKE SOMEONE CO-ADMIN/MODERATOR:
you go to Your Forum> Admin Home> Members> Member Groups.
once you are here, choose either "Moderator" "Global Moderator" or if you want, you can create a new group for a staff. you name it such as "Co-Administrator" how do you add someone? you do it via "Edit/View" part in the member groups.
BUT ONLY if you trust that person that you are making an moderator/admin of.
________
More details will be added as i update this information.
you are welcome!
LIKES:
go to Admin > Themes > Advanced Styles & CSS
this will take you to Visual Editor, where you can see the changes before you apply it to the live forum.
in order to resize your likes so others can see it. simply by going to:
Pages > Posts > Likes Text
change your font size to Small, ta-dah. you got better readable likes. now click "save changes"
by the way, if it's not readable, you can change to medium or large. either way, that will help.
________
How to Add pagination links to the bottom of threads:
okay here's fun way for you to have that option
This is how I added a secondary pagination bar on my forum/theme.
First, take this code and then go to edit the templates where you want to add the secondary pagination. (Themes -> Layout Templates)
<div class="secondary_pagination">$[pagination]</div>
You can place this code anywhere in the following templates - Thread, Board, Members, Conversations Page and Show Conversation. The following are the places where I put it on my forum.
Thread - Above $[quick_reply]
Board - Above {if $[board.id]}{if $[show_stats]}
Members - At the end of the template.
Conversations Page - At the end of the template.
Show Conversation - Above $[quick_reply]
Now add this to the end of your CSS Style Sheet (Themes -> Colors & Styles -> Style Sheet) and then edit and style as needed.
.secondary_pagination { padding: 0 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; }
I removed the legend on my board. Try putting it above this code.
{if $[thread_count] > 0}
{if $[legend]}
And feel free to change the name secondary_pagination to whatever you want, that's just the incredibly boring name I gave it on my forum.
______
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
okay, this is very easy for you to have a forum that doesn't have announcements in each forum like most forum do because they don't even know how to do it. so i think this will help you get the idea how that works. an announcement can be visible in a forum, but rest of other forum boards don't have it. which is better option wouldn't you agree? and with that said, let's begin.
Admin > Structure > Categories & Boards
when you hover over the sub-boards here, you will see gears icon, click on them. then go to settings you will find "show Announcements" click "No" and then click "save changes" bam. you have announcements that doesn't show up in the board you picked. you can even just turn them back on by revisiting it again. simple and easy.
________
MEMBERS AND MODERATORS, POST COUNTS:
okay, here's how you can edit your group ranks for specific groups.. like moderators and more.
Admin Home> Members> Member Groups> edit it as you see fit.
added more to this
Admin Home> Members> Member Ranks> to edit the member names and ranks such as post counts.
_______
LATEST POST:
okay, here's how you show latest post basically, an recent post.
Go Admin - Structure - Layout Templates - Board - Board List
Look For <td class="latest last">
And Under $[board.last_thread.recent_link]
Add this {if !$[current_user.is_member]}<br>Latest Post<br>{/if}
____________
AVATAR SIZE:
i figured it out, i made this work.
"Changing Avatar Size and Mini-Profile Width"
The following instructions will allow you to change the size of avatars in mini-profiles and the width of the mini-profiles themselves.
Changing the Size of Mini-Profiles
To change the size of mini-profiles, head over to Admin > Themes > Advanced Styles & CSS > Style Sheet Tab and paste this code at the very bottom:
.mini-profile { width: 150px; }
Set the width at the end to your new desired size, and keep track of the amount you increased it. For example, if it's now 250px, you've increased it by 100px.
Next, add another new line and paste this code on it:
.posts .post .left-panel,
.messages .item .left-panel { width: 172px; }
Increase the width by the same amount. In our example, the 172px above becomes 272px.
When you're happy with the result, click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
Changing the Size of Avatars
If you change the size of your mini-profiles, you might also want to change how your avatars look.
Things to know:
The default avatar size is 150 x 150px.
Uploaded avatars are resized to 150px on your Profile page. You can link larger avatars hosted elsewhere.
To change the size of avatars in mini-profiles, find this code on (or around) line 1185:
.mini-profile .avatar { max-width: 100%; ... }
Set max-width to your new image size, or leave it at 100% to size the image automatically.
Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page. You're done!
_______
just one advice for you, in visual editor, you can actually click on links and pages here because it's live preview of a forum before you apply your changes to the live version.
_________
UPDATED: February 21st 2016.
HOW TO MAKE SOMEONE CO-ADMIN/MODERATOR:
you go to Your Forum> Admin Home> Members> Member Groups.
once you are here, choose either "Moderator" "Global Moderator" or if you want, you can create a new group for a staff. you name it such as "Co-Administrator" how do you add someone? you do it via "Edit/View" part in the member groups.
BUT ONLY if you trust that person that you are making an moderator/admin of.
________
More details will be added as i update this information.
you are welcome!
